Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Have you ever gone on for a number of years thinking a word meant one thing, only to discover it means something totally different?

I have.

The word 'erstwhile' is the most memorable. I had thought it meant 'worthy and useful' and I was brought up short when I referred from the pulpit to our erstwhile minister who was standing right beside me.

I was reminded of another by a comment on an earlier post today. Until a few years ago , I had thought the word 'apocryphal' meant something which was 'old and full of wisdom.'

Fortunately, I'm neither a Labour man nor a Democrat so I do know the difference between winning and losing.